Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Technical Questions Component vs. "s"

The salesman sold me an "s" video cable to take the place of one of the component cables, he said the picture would be better. Is this true?

S-Video is better than composite , but component is better than both.

As you can see a component cable is actually three cables in one.

Pat,

Craig, as usual, is absolutely correct. You can get some excellent component cables without breaking the bank at Blue Jeans Cables . They will even cut to a specified length. Go for the Belden 1694 which is a set of 3 individual cables. The 7710 set are the same cables, but all assembled in a sheath, which is not very flexible.

I own Axiom's component cable, it's a flexible little.....wait little, what am I saying, IT'S A BEAST! That cable is seriously garden hose size, and top notch quality as well, I've got a 25 foot one going through my wall, you couldn't ask for a more solid cable.

- D
"Axiom Interconnects all around"

Wow! I'd love to have Axiom interconnects all over. Unfortuantely, I don't appear to be made of money at the moment. Wait, lemme check again... no, just skin and bones...

Thanks Guy's,

Ray, I just picked up 50' of Axiom speaker cable and a couple locking banana plugs(heavy duty)for my sub. Those are some "r e a l l y" nice looking component interconnects. I am trying every trick in the book,(isolation..spikes..cables..speaker placement..etc. etc.) to improve sound and picture without just dumping $$ on more expensive gear. I've also been looking at Blue Jean Cables and a few others.

With the pictures it really clears things up about what is what...........thanks again.....Happy Holidays

I'm always amazed how freaking stupid some of these salesman are, what store where you at? Sounds like he was just trying to make a sale, and maybe out of stock on component...

Just a run of the mill Best Buy "need a job kid" turned me onto it. I did notice my one hundred dollar dvd player has component but the only thing my 27"Sony Trinitron flatscreen has is lots of jacks on the back with nothing "labeled" component. Of course to complicate things my Denon is in the mix too. Everything works now but I was just looking to do some more "tweaking".

Unless you have a newer tv, the S-Video is as good as you can get.

I'm in the same boat.

I keep telling myself that I'll be getting a new 55+" tv in 2005. We'll see what happens. Of course that means a better dvd player as well.

Oh Man,
The choices for tv's now days are endless...dlp..plasma..lcd. So many to choose from...maybe things will settle down in the tv market when I go seriously looking to ugrade. Spiff, I still remember the photos of the mountains when you were on vacation..beautiful green everywhere!